The expert of the System Operator evaluated the developments of future power engineers at the qualifying stage of the CASE-IN championship

The leading specialist of the electrical modes service of the Branch of the System Operator – Leningrad railway Station (performs operational dispatch control of the power system of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region) Andrey Florinsky joined the expert committee of the qualifying stage of the Student League in the field of "Electric Power Industry" of the XIV season of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. Competitions for solving engineering cases were held at the Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

13 student teams competed for the victory in the qualifying round: 11 from SPbPU, as well as representatives of the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (GUAP) and the Russian University of Transport (MIIT).

The task of the qualifying championship, developed by the specialists of the System Operator, was related to the promising development of the energy system. The teams had to analyze the current state of the energy mix and propose future technologies for the development of the region's electric power industry, assessing the expected technological and economic impact of their project. 

"For the first time, I took part in such an event not as a participant presenting my project, scientific article or final qualifying paper, but as an expert. I was struck by how creative the future engineers, undergraduate students who are just beginning to comprehend the world of energy, approached the solution of the case. Despite the lack of work experience in energy companies and the short project preparation time, all the teams presented interesting and creative developments related to the development of promising technologies in the regional energy systems of the UES of Russia. I am sure that participation in the engineering championship will open up new interesting career prospects for the guys," he shared his impressions. Andrey Florinsky.

Andrey Florinsky, who has been working in a System Operator since 2023, is a graduate of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in the fields of "Electric Power Engineering" and "Economics", a 1st-year postgraduate student of the Polytechnic University in the field of "Electric Power Engineering", participant of the CASE-IN 2022 championship, the XIV International Scientific and Technical Conference "Electric Power Industry through the eyes of Youth", XVI Scientific and Practical Conference "Planning and Management of Electric power systems" named after Yasnikova, Scientific and Practical conference Energynet.Unicon 2025, Conference of young Researchers in the field of energy and industrial applications ElCon 2026, All-Russian Conference of students and Young Scientists 2025, author of a number of scientific articles.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is a system of competitions for solving engineering cases for schoolchildren, students and young specialists in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, the nuclear industry and related industries. The championship is included in the platform of the NGO "Russia – the land of Opportunities" and is implemented in accordance with the Action Plan aimed at popularizing the working and engineering professions, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 366-r dated March 5, 2015.

The support of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is part of the career guidance activities of the System Operator among students and schoolchildren. Based on the materials and with the participation of the company's specialists, qualifying and final cases of the championship in the field of "Electric Power Industry" are being developed, the championship stages are held at the company's partner universities, representatives of the System Operator act as experts for both the qualifying stages of the championship and the final of the competition.

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